As the heat of summer slowly dissipates into fall, heavy shoegaze band Slow Crush has returned just in time with a dreamy haze of a new record. Thirst surrounds the listener in its atmospheric noise, the heaviness almost calming, like a weighted blanket. In the four years since their previous record Hush, members Isa Holliday, Frederik Meeuwis, Jelle Ronsmans, and Nic Placlé have been able to reflect and innovate, bringing a well-developed, actualized maturity to their classic shoegaze sound. Their first album on Pure Noise Records, Thirst marks a new trajectory for the Belgian band.

According to frontwoman Isa Holliday, the band wants to take listeners to another dimension: “We want people to let themselves go and feel embraced by the music, so that they can experience it in 4D,” she says. In such a hectic, fast-paced world, where the concern always seems to be either about a past we cannot change or a future we cannot control, Slow Crush is uniquely in the moment.

The production on each track shows the band’s experience in the shoegaze genre—this being their third studio album—as well as the drive to experiment with hardcore influences that sets them apart from their contemporaries. The guitars are distorted enough to create the perfect hypnotic sound, while catchy punk riffs on songs like “Covet” jump in to break up the monotony. “Hollow” brings the ambience to stratospheric heights before “Haven” brings it back down to a slow, pounding tempo.

The band is busier than ever, heading on tour across North America and Europe this fall: tickets are available now.

North America

Sep 04: Allentown, PA – Arrow

Sep 05: Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry

Sep 06: Boston, MA – The Sinclair

Sep 07: Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg

Sep 09: Montreal, QC – Bar Le Ritz

Sep 10: Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground

Sep 11: Detroit, MI – El Club

Sep 12: Chicago, IL – Reggie’s

Sep 13: Indianapolis, IN – HiFi

Sep 14: St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway

Sep 16: Fort Worth, TX – Tulips

Sep 17: Austin, TX – The Ballroom

Sep 19: Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom

Sep 20: Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom

Sep 21: Oakland, CA – Crybaby

Sep 23: Seattle, WA – El Corazon

Sep 24: Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre

Sep 26: Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge

Sep 27: Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre

Sep 29: Kansas City, MO – RecordBar

Oct 01: Nashville, TN – The ’58

Oct 02: Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade

Oct 03: Durham, NC – The Fruit

Oct 04: Richmond, VA – The Broadberry

Oct 05: Washington, DC – Union Stage

UK, Ireland, Europe

Oct 16: Bristo – The Fleece

Oct 17: Milton Keynes – Craufurd Arms

Oct 18: London – Oslo

Oct 20: Glasgow – Classic Grand Lounge

Oct 21: Belfast – Black Box

Oct 22: Dublin – Grand Social

Oct 23: Manchester – Rebellion

Oct 24: Newcastle – The Grove

Oct 25: Leeds – Key Club

Oct 26: Nottingham – Bodega

Oct 27: Birmingham – Hare & Hounds

Oct 28: Southampton – Joiners

Oct 31: AB Ancienne Belgique – Brussels, BE

Nov 01: Rotown – Rotterdam, NL

Nov 02: Ekko – Utrecht, NL

Nov 04: Headcrash – Hamburg, DE

Nov 05: Beta2300 – Copenhagen, DK

Nov 06: Badehaus – Berlin, DE

Nov 08: Dürer Kert – Budapest, HU

Nov 09: Das Werk – Vienna, AT

Nov 11: Kranhalle – München, DE

Nov 12: ISC Club – Bern, CH

Nov 13: Bronson – Ravenna, IT

Nov 14: Slaughter Club – Milan, IT

Nov 15: O Totem Live – Lyon, FR

Nov 16: Le Rex – Toulouse, FR

Nov 18: Upload – Barcelona, ES

Nov 19: Nazca – Madrid, ES

Nov 20: Stage Live – Bilbao, ES

Nov 22: Sortie 13 – Bordeaux, FR

Nov 23: Le ferrailleur – Nantes, FR

Nov 25: Backstage by the Mill – Paris, FR

Nov 26: Jubez – Karlsruhe, DE

Nov 27: Stummsche Reithalle – Neunkirchen, DE

Nov 28: Café Wagner – Jena, DE

Nov 29: UT Connewitz – Leipzig, DE

Nov 30: Helios 37 – Köln, DE

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